The Editor Speaks: Immigration SILENCE
All is not well at Cayman Islands Immigration but the motto there is SILENCE. It would appear anything that ruffles feathers at Immigration a great cloak of SILENCE envelopes it. Even when one of our Commissioner’s rules against this cloak…
The Editor Speaks: Women
There can be no argument that without women there would be no human beings. As a man I could argue the same applies – there would be no humans in the world without men. That is true from the beginning….
The Editor Speaks: Hype
I had started this Editorial with a different headline when researching I happened upon an article written by Richard W. Rahn, chairman of Improbable Success Production, that appeared recently in the Cayman Compass. I have never read anything before from…
The Editor Speaks: Suicide
The World Health Organization estimates that approximately 1 million people die each year from suicide. Have you ever contemplated suicide? Don’t answer. Have I ever contemplated suicide? I’m not saying. Would there ever be a circumstance that would make you…
The Editor Speaks: Road rage
I saw a mild form of road rage last night (Sunday (26) that was performed in front of dozens of people. And it happened outside a church. South Sound United Church to be precise. The evening started outside Elmslie Memorial…
The Editor Speaks: Not all gloom at Turtle Farm (now Centre)
The Cayman Islands Turtle Farm continues to lose money. This time it was approx. $6M in the red. Deputy Premier Moses Kirkconnell said approx. two thirds of that figure – $4.5M – was due to repayment of a loan. The…
The Editor Speaks: Is self praise no praise?
There is a story on our website today under the title “Dominican Republic: Gastronomic capital of the Caribbean”. Wow. Congratulations Dominican Republic. How did they win this illustrious title? “The Dominican Republic was on Monday proclaimed the Caribbean’s capital of…
The Editor Speaks: How food can unite ‘enemies’
One has to give credit to US President Trump. He is a forgiving man. Before he was president many in his own party not only criticised him but openly said they would not vote for him even after he won…
The Editor Speaks: Connecting
When one looks at the world today I wonder if we are really connecting? Except…. Paul McGowan who writes a column mainly about High End Audio and Audiophiles (I am one) wrote a small piece today that I share with…
The Editor Speaks: Did we get dropped by British Airways?
British Airways From The Dots Mark Leary for British Airways / BBH London BBH commissioned Mark to photograph British Airways’ new ‘Call of the Caribbean’ campaign. Shooting 8 islands in just sixteen days, the brief was to visually arrest the…
